Manifolding device



Nov. 8, 1927. 1,648,482

C. H. JAMES MANIFOLDING DEVICE Filed April 10. 1926 .2 Sheets-Sheet 1 mmmg,

Nov; 8, 1927. I 1,648,482

C. H. JAMES MANIFOLDING DEVICE Filed April 10. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 CHARLES H. (JAMES Patented no... a, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

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Application filed April 10, 1926, Serial No. 101,135.

My present invention relates to manifold- V ing devices, and has particular reference to a structure wherein a plurality of strips of paper having interleaved carbon sheets are superposed upon'a writing bed or plate and the paper strips are withdrawn after such original ticket has been made out by the operator. Such structures are commercially known as autographic registers, and my present invention is directed more specifically to the'means Jfor initially projecting the end edge .of the paper strips beyond the end of the register structure so as to be readily grasped by the operator and saidmeans are also utilized for the purpose of determining the length of the strips that are withdrawn at each operation. The paper strips are provided with punch-holes or per-,

forations disposed preferably in pairs between the respective tickets that are printed upon the strips and these perforations are utilized by m structure both for initially discharging t e end edge of the strips as well as for stopping the withdrawal of the stri s at the end of each set of tickets. This is one by providing at the discharge end of the register a pair of pins or stops that engage a set ofperforations in the strips and are adapted to be moved towards "t 0 so discharge end of the re ister by the opera-- tor to roject the end 0 'a set of tickets beyond t e laten and when the pins \or stops are with rawn from the perforations they automatically return to their normal posias tion while the operator manuallypulls out the tickets with the pins or stops contactin the upper .surface of the upperstrip unt the next air of perforations come into registry with the pins or stops whereupon the (o latter will move into the same and stop the further movement of the strips. Themeans that automatically return the pins or stops to normal position also permit the pins to yieldingly move towards the discharge end of the register when they -have entered the next set of perforations so as to prevent tearin "of the strips due to too,sudden stop-' page y the pins or stops. This structure has been designed with divers objects in i view, among which are compactness 1n arrangement of the parts, dependability in operatlon, economy in manufacture, and novelty in construction, and I prefer to carry out my invention and accomplish the several Ob ects thereof in substantially the manner hereinafter fully described and as more particularly pointed out in the claims with ref-- erence to the accompanying drawings that form a part of this speclfication.

In the drawings a Figure 1, is a vertical longitudinal section of a manifoldin 'deviceor autogra hie register constructe in accordance wit my 1nventio'n. 1 p

Figure 2 is atop Iplan thereof, drawn to a "slightly smaller sea Figure 3 is a horizontal section on line 3- -3 of Figure 4 of the forward ordischarge end of the register and having the magginal frame broken away at the opposite en Figure 4 is a transverse vertical section on l1ne H of Figure 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is an irregular vertical section on line 5--5 of Figure 4.

' The drawings are more or less schematic for the purpose of illustrating a ty ical or is'pre erably omitted and in lieu thereof I provide a'writin bed or platen 11 that is preferably hinged at the discharge end of the housing by means of ears .11 upon transverse pivotal-pins 12 secured to the opposite sidewalls of the housing and said platen is supported b elongated cleats or strips 13 secured to t e inner surfaces of the .oppo site side walls of the housing. Thus constructed, the platen may be raised to permit accessto'the interior of. the housing for the purpose of placing therein the supply of paper strips and for threadingthe same through the register. As shownin Figure zag back and forth upon themselves in the form of a thick pad 15 that is placed in the bottom of the housing, from which pad the ends of the strips are raised and separated at the rear portion of the platen 11 by passmg them over the spaced separators or guide flanges 16. These separators or guide flanges are formed by giving the end of the platen a reverse bend downwardly, and by cutting transverse parallel slots 17 in the adjacent portion of the platen and turning the slotted portions down and under in the manner shown so that the slots 17 will permit of the free passage of the strips.

After passing through the slots and over the end of the platen the strips are led across the platen to the discharge end thereof and in order to maintain the strips flat upon the platen a marginal frame 18 is provided that as depending longitudinal flanges 19 upon its side edges that fit over the upper portions of the side walls of the housing and provide means for hinging the marginal frame upon the pivot pins 12 that hingedly mount the platen on the housing. The end edge of the marginal frame at the discharge end of the register may be sharpened to provide a tearing or cutting edge 20 against which the tickets are torn from the strips afterbeing pulled out, and adjacent this edge the marginal frame is provided with longitudinally disposed elongated slots 21, 21, that are im mediately above and in alinement or registration with longitudinally disposed elongated slots 22, 22, in the platen, and said marginal frame and platen are preferably separated from each other a slight distance vertically so as to provide a passageway between the same for the stri s.

An elongated hood 23 1s secured'to the marginal frame at thedischarge end of the register above the slots 21,-which hood encloses the devices that are utilized to control the movement of the strips. Extending betweenthe longitudinal vertical walls of the hood is a tubular guide 24 the ends of which are secured to the walls midway between the ends of the latter. A reciprocable slide or carrier 25 is mounted upon the guide so that it may move to and fro with respect to the end of the register and in a direction longitudinally of the platen. This slide or carrier is automatically returnable and its normal position is adjacent the rear wall of the hood as illustrated in the drawings, and in order to yieldably maintain the slide or carrier in this position I insert a coiled expansion spring 26 within the guide prior to assembly, which spring is engaged by a stop-pin 27 that passes through the slide and through oppositely disposed elongated slots 28 made longitudinally in the guide. The opposite ends of the slide or carrier are bifurcated to provide spaced ears 29 between which bellcranks are pivotally mounted upon hinged pins 30. The up-standing arms of the bellcranks in the form of finger grasps 31, 31 pass through elongated slots 32, 32 in the top wall of the hood and afford means for.

rocking the bell-cranks as well as means for the operator to grasp to slide the carrier towards the discharge end of the register when it is desired to initially discharge the strips as will be hereinafter described. The other arms of the bell-cranks are preferably in the form of fiat bars or levers 33, 33, that extend in opposite directions from the piv-i ots 30 towards and over the slots 21 in the mar in frame, and upon their outer end portions have depending elements in the form of pins or stops 34, 34, that project downwardly through said slots and also through the slots 24 in the platen. The paper strips are provided with punch-holes or perforations 14 arranged in pairs between the tickets and are spaced apart transvcrsely of the strips the distance between the pins or stops 34 so that the latter will enter said perforations when the strips are in registry with each other and with said pins or stops.

The levers or bars 33 of the bell-cranks are maintained yieldingly in their normal posimargin frame 18 and with the pins'or stops urged towards the strips or through the perforations-14 by means of leaf springs 35 that are anchored at one end on the lever bars 33 and extend obliquely towards an engage the top wall of the hood.

When the strips have been properly assembled and led through the register and the ins or stops 34 are engaged in the strips per orations 14 the device is ready to be operated. After writing the ticket, the operator moves the handles 31 of the bellcranks away from him to their full limit of movement towards the discharge end of the register and against the action of spring 26, which will project the ends of the tickets beyond the cutting edge 20 a distance suflicient to be grasped by the fingers of the operator. The handles 31 are then moved towards each other by the operator, which will rock the bell-cranks and withdraw the pins or stops 34 from the strip perforations, and when the handles are released the slide or carrier is automatically returned to its normal position by the spring 26. At the same time the springs 35 urge the pins or sto s 34 into engagement with the strips bac of the perforations from which the pins or stops have just been withdrawn and will press against the perforated portion of the strips. The operator pulls out the strips and in so doing moves the next pair of perforations into position below the pins or stops so that they wiil enter the same and 4:. A manifolding device comprising a stop further withdrawal of the strips. If slotted platen across'which perforated strips the operator exerts too much force in exare adapted to be moved with the perforatractmg the strips after the pins or stops tions in alinement with said slots, and arms 5 have entered the newset of perforations t slide or carrier, and the parts mounted the platen and normally yieldingly urged thereon, will be moved forward a sli ht towards the platen and provided with means distance against the. tension of the CO1 ed that enter the slots and perforations, said spring 26 within the guide thus preventing arms adapted to be bodil moved towards the tearing of the strips, and as soon as the the end of the platen whi e engaged in the pulP-isi released 'the carrier will -automatitri perforations whereby to project the cally return to normal position moving the ends of the stri 5 beyond the platen. strips back with it. After the pull out has 5. A manifolding device comprising a been stopped the ticket ma be severed by slotted platen across which perforated strips 16 pulling the strips upwar ly against the are adapted to be moved with the perforablade 20, and thereafter the structure is tions in alinement with said slots, arms ready for the next operation. 1

Obviously other instrumentalities may be the [platen and normally yieldingly urged devised for carrying out the principles of towards the platenand rovided with means 20 my invention, and I therefore desire it unto ngage the. strips t rough the perforaderstood that such changes and modifications, and means m vable longitudinally of tions are fully contemplated as co ng w t the platen upon whic said arms are mountin the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is the end of the platen and thereby project the 1. A 'manifolding device comprising a strips beyond the laten. platen across which perforated strips are 6. A manifolding device comprising a adapted to be moved, said platen having slotted platen across which perforated strips longitudinal slots in alinement with the strip are adapted to be moved with the perforaperforations, an automatically returnable tions in alinelnent with said slots, oppositely carrier reciprocally mounted above said extending hinged arms yieldingly urged toplaten, yieldable arms mounted on and wards the platen and provided with means bodily movable with said carrier/and means adapted to enter the strip perforations, and on said arms adapted to enter the strip perautomatically returnable means movable toforations and the slots in said platen .and wards the discharge end of the laten and project the ends of the strips beyond the end upon which said arms are pivote whereby of the platen. to move the end of the strips beyond the end 2. A manifolding device comprising a lonof the platen.

' gitudinally slotted platen across which per- 7 A. manifolding device comprising a foratedstrips are adapted to be moved with platen across which perforated strips are the perforations in alinement with theslots, adapted to be moved, and means for. interan automatically returnable carrier-recipromittentlymoving the strips through "the e pivoted to move up and down transverse to pivoted to move up and down transverse tov ed wh'ereby to bodily move said armstowards cably mounted above said platen between medium of the perforations therein comsaid slots, and yieldable arms on said carprising automatically returnable arms pivrier thatare bodily movable therewith and.- oted to move in a plane transverse to the are provided with means adapted to enter plane of movement of the strips and having the strip perforations and the slots in the stops to enter the stri perforations, and an platen and project the ends of the strips be,- automatically retu a le carrier'upon which yond the end of the platen when the carrier said arms are mou ii ted, which carrier being 1s moved towards the end of the platen. movable longitudinally of theplaten. hot

3. A manifolding device comprisin a toward and away from the discharge end longitudinally slotted platen across w ichthereof. Y perforated strips are adapted to be moved .8. A manifoldin with the perforations in alinement with the platen across which slots, an automatically returnable carrier readapted to be moved, and means for conciprocably mounted above said laten betrolling the movement of the strips through tween said slots, and automatical able bell-cranks pivoted on and b0 y movmeans including movable arms extending able with said carrier the horizontal arms of transversel of the strips and having stops which extend in opposite directions past the thereon, said means being movable with reslots in the platen and are. rovided with spect to the stripsin planes intersecting each means that enter said slots an the strip perother, the movement in one direction ada ted forations whereby the movement of the car to discharge a portionof the len h o the rier towards the discharge end of the platen strips and the movement in the ot er direc will project the ends of the strips beyond tion adapted to arrest the movement of the the platen. Y .strips.

device comprising a perforated strips are (y returnthe medium of the perforation therein, said 9. A manifolding device comprising a. distance for subsequent withdrawal and also platen across which perforated strips are movable transverse to the strips to arrest the adapted to be moved, and stops for con- Withdrawal of the strips. trolling the movement of the strips through Signed at Spokane, in the county of If the medium of the perforations therein which Spokane, and State of Vvashington, this 3rd.

stops are movable longitudinally of the day of April, 1926.

' platen to feed said strips a predetermined CHARLES H. JAMES 

